This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment.
The EIB, the European Union’s bank, is seeking to recruit for its Secretariat General – Economic Department – Country and Financial Analysis Division – Macroeconomic Scenario Unit, at its headquarters in Luxembourg: TRAINEE
Duration: 6 months (fixed start date: 1st September/October 2025)
(With possible extension up to 12 months)
Please note that the Programme is created under the Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) and is open to young nationals from one of the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Region (Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia) and ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) Region, all 79 ACP Partner Countries (please see Provisions section). Please note that you are requested to limit your applications to a maximum of three traineeship publications. We will only consider and retain the first three applications submitted.
Objective of the traineeship
You will prepare data for econometric and statistical analyses and assist the Head of Unit and (senior) economists of the Economics Department (SG/ECON) to process the results from these analyses, helping them to provide economic rationale and to draw policy conclusions. You will benefit from the opportunity to work in an international financial institution, thereby gaining valuable work experience, insights into economic, financial and policy analysis, establishing professional contacts and gaining knowledge of the functioning of the EIB.
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of a (senior) economist of the Economics Department, you will carry out work related to various projects, including the development and management of macroeconomic, microeconomic and financial databases and the related products. The data are used for econometric and statistical analysis and serve as an input to various tools and models and to economic, financial and policy analyses prepared by the (senior) economists in SG/ECON. Specifically, their use includes internal rating models, macroeconomic scenarios for Stress Testing and IFRS9, economic briefings, targeted audience reports such the EIB Finance in Africa report and the CESEE bank lending survey.
More information on our Traineeship Programme for MENA and ACP countries (eib.org) and provisions governing in-service training (FIF Programme) at the EIB can be consulted on our EIB website.
Your application may be used for another campaign.
Please note that deadline for application is on the 4th December 2024.
